Malik Beasley vs. Michael Cooper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Cooper and Malik Beasley, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Malik Beasley played 9 years in the NBA, 3 less than Michael Cooper, who played 12. Malik Beasley had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Michael Cooper had his rookie season in 1978-79. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 2
	Malik Beasley	Michael Cooper
Season	2017-18	1979-80
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	62	9.4	3.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.9	.410	0.5	1.3	.341	0.4	0.5	.667
difference:	+20	+14.7	+5.6	+1.0	+0.7	+1.7	+2.2	+0.8	+0.4	-1.3	-2.0	+2.5	+4.1	+.114	+0.4	+1.1	+.091	+1.0	+1.2	+.109
Michael Cooper	82	24.1	8.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.6	3.7	7.0	.524	0.1	0.2	.250	1.4	1.7	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	16	29.0	9.1	1.8	1.9	3.7	3.6	1.5	0.7	1.8	3.4	3.6	8.8	.407	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.3	.861

Season 3
	Malik Beasley	Michael Cooper
Season	2018-19	1980-81
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	81	23.2	11.3	0.4	2.0	2.5	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.4	4.3	9.1	.474	2.0	5.0	.402	0.7	0.8	.848
difference:		+9.2	+1.9	+1.1	+0.7	+1.6	+2.9	+0.9	+0.9	-1.3	-1.7	+0.3	+1.0	+.017	+2.0	+4.8	+.191	+0.7	+1.0	+.063
Michael Cooper	81	32.4	9.4	1.5	2.7	4.1	4.1	1.6	1.0	2.0	3.1	4.0	8.1	.491	0.0	0.2	.211	1.4	1.8	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	14	20.1	8.1	0.8	2.6	3.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.6	6.6	.387	1.4	3.4	.404	1.6	2.2	.710
difference:	+11	+13.9	+2.6	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+1.3	+1.8	+0.1	-1.8	-0.9	+1.1	+0.1	+.163	+1.4	+2.4	+.404	+1.7	+2.5	+.004
Michael Cooper	3	34.0	10.7	0.7	2.7	3.3	2.3	2.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	3.7	6.7	.550	0.0	1.0	.000	3.3	4.7	.714

Season 4
	Malik Beasley	Michael Cooper
Season	2019-20	1981-82
Team	Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	55	22.0	11.2	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	4.1	9.7	.425	1.9	5.0	.388	1.0	1.2	.818
difference:	+21	+6.9	+0.7	+0.8		+0.8	+1.6	+0.9	+0.7	-1.0	-1.4	+0.9	+0.1	+.092	+1.9	+4.8	+.270	+0.8	+1.1	+.005
Michael Cooper	76	28.9	11.9	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.0	1.6	0.8	2.0	2.8	5.0	9.8	.517	0.0	0.2	.118	1.8	2.3	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	14	27.4	11.9	1.4	3.0	4.4	4.4	1.7	0.8	2.1	3.4	5.0	8.9	.565	0.1	0.1	.500	1.8	2.4	.735

Season 5
	Malik Beasley	Michael Cooper
Season	2020-21	1982-83
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	37	32.8	19.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	1.6	1.7	7.1	16.2	.440	3.5	8.7	.399	1.8	2.2	.850
difference:	+45	+6.6	+11.8	+0.2	+1.3	+1.1	+1.4	+0.6	+0.4		-0.8	+3.9	+10.1	+.095	+3.4	+8.4	+.161	+0.6	+0.6	+.065
Michael Cooper	82	26.2	7.8	1.0	2.3	3.3	3.8	1.4	0.6	1.6	2.5	3.2	6.1	.535	0.1	0.3	.238	1.2	1.6	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	15	30.2	9.4	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.3	3.6	3.5	7.6	.465	0.1	0.5	.143	2.3	2.7	.829

Season 6
	Malik Beasley	Michael Cooper
Season	2021-22	1983-84
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	79	25.0	12.1	0.3	2.5	2.9	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.1	4.2	10.8	.391	3.0	8.1	.377	0.6	0.8	.817
difference:	+3	+4.1	+3.1	+0.3		+0.3	+4.4	+0.9	+0.6	-1.3	-2.2	+0.9	+4.1	+.106	+2.5	+6.6	+.063	+1.3	+1.5	+.021
Michael Cooper	82	29.1	9.0	0.6	2.5	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.8	1.8	3.3	3.3	6.7	.497	0.5	1.5	.314	1.9	2.3	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	19.8	8.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.5	3.2	7.3	.432	1.3	4.2	.320	0.8	1.0	.833
difference:	+15	+14.6	+2.8	+0.7		+0.6	+5.0	+0.8	+0.8	-0.2	-2.3	+1.0	+1.8	+.029	+0.7	+2.5	+.013	+1.6	+2.0	+.027
Michael Cooper	21	34.4	11.3	1.0	3.0	3.9	5.7	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.8	4.2	9.1	.461	0.6	1.7	.333	2.4	3.0	.806

Season 7
	Malik Beasley	Michael Cooper
Season	2022-23	1984-85
Team	Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	81	25.8	12.7	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.5	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.3	4.6	11.6	.395	2.9	8.1	.357	0.6	0.8	.769
difference:	+1	+0.9	+4.1	+0.3	+0.7	+0.4	+3.7	+0.3	+0.5	-0.8	-1.2	+1.2	+4.4	+.070	+2.5	+6.6	+.072	+0.8	+0.8	+.096
Michael Cooper	82	26.7	8.6	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.4	7.2	.465	0.4	1.5	.285	1.4	1.6	.865
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	11	8.3	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.9	3.1	.294	0.6	2.4	.269	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:	+8	+18.1	+7.4	+0.3	+2.9	+3.3	+4.7	+1.0	+0.5	-1.7	-1.9	+2.8	+3.5	+.269	+0.2	+1.0	+.039	+2.0	+2.2	+.077
Michael Cooper	19	26.4	10.4	0.6	3.4	4.0	4.9	1.1	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.7	6.6	.563	0.4	1.4	.308	2.5	2.7	.923

Season 8
	Malik Beasley	Michael Cooper
Season	2023-24	1985-86
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	79	29.6	11.3	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.7	2.0	4.1	9.1	.443	2.8	6.9	.413	0.3	0.4	.714
difference:	+3	+1.9	+2.1		+0.8	+0.7	+4.3	+0.4	+0.4	-1.1	-0.9	+0.8	+1.7	+.009	+2.0	+4.9	+.026	+1.5	+1.7	+.151
Michael Cooper	82	27.7	9.2	0.5	2.4	3.0	5.7	1.1	0.5	1.8	2.9	3.3	7.4	.452	0.8	2.0	.387	1.8	2.1	.865
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	21.8	8.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.5	6.8	.512	1.8	4.2	.440	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+8	+8.3	+0.9	+0.9	+0.2	+0.8	+4.2	+0.6	+0.3	-1.0	-0.2	+0.4	+1.4	+.042	+0.4	+1.3	+.023	+0.6	+0.8
Michael Cooper	14	30.1	9.7	1.1	2.1	3.3	4.9	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.7	3.9	8.2	.470	1.4	2.9	.463	0.6	0.8	.818

Season 9
	Malik Beasley	Michael Cooper
Season	2024-25	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	82	27.8	16.3	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.5	5.6	13.1	.430	3.9	9.3	.416	1.2	1.7	.679
difference:		+0.3	+5.8	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+2.8	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-0.9	+1.7	+4.1	+.008	+2.8	+6.5	+.031	+0.3	+0.1	+.172
Michael Cooper	82	27.5	10.5	0.7	2.4	3.1	4.5	1.0	0.5	1.2	2.4	3.9	9.0	.438	1.1	2.8	.385	1.5	1.8	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	27.2	14.0	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.7	4.7	12.5	.373	3.3	9.8	.339	1.3	1.3	1.000
difference:	+12	+1.8	+1.0	+0.2	+0.5	+0.8	+3.8	+0.9	+0.6	-0.9	-0.9	+0.4	+3.7	+.111	+1.4	+5.9	+.147	+1.3	+1.7	+.148
Michael Cooper	18	29.0	13.0	0.4	2.8	3.3	5.0	1.4	0.8	2.1	2.6	4.3	8.8	.484	1.9	3.9	.486	2.6	3.0	.852

Additional Years
* Michael Cooper played 3 seasons more than Malik Beasley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 12, from 1988 to 1990—Michael Cooper played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 3 extra years over Malik Beasley, Michael Cooper got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team